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Adding scroll bars to fields

Add a vertical scroll bar to the right side of a field to see more data than fits in the field's boundaries in Browse mode. (You can't add scroll bars to container fields, repeating fields, or fields formatted to use a value list.) Scroll bars can display all the time or only when you’re scrolling in the field.

Note  You can also add a scroll bar to a portal. See Creating portals to display related records.

To add scroll bars to fields:

1.	In Layout mode, select one or more fields.

For more information, see Selecting objects. You can also specify attributes for fields you add later by starting with no fields selected.

2.	Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.

3.	In the Field area, for Control Style, choose Edit box.

4.	Select Show vertical scroll bar, then choose one of the following:

•	Always (the default) displays the scroll bar whether or not scrolling is occurring

•	When scrolling displays the scroll bar only during scrolling

Notes

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When you print a field or a portal with a scroll bar, FileMaker Pro prints only the data that is visible without scrolling. To print all the data, resize the field or portal to make it larger, and then specify sliding options to remove the extra blank space when you print. (You can do this on the same layout, or on a duplicate of the layout.) For more information, see Duplicating, deleting, or renaming layouts, Resizing and reshaping objects and Removing blank spaces in printouts.

•	You can’t change the style of scroll bars.